Naruto : Minato back to the past

Land of Fire Border.

Five days have passed since Minato escorted Fujiwara Takuji's goods out of the village.

This distance, if it is a normal ninja operation, one day is enough, but transporting goods makes the journey extremely slow.

In these five days, it was a smooth journey. The Land of Fire is the territory of Konoha Village, so there will naturally be no accidents.

After lunch, Minato and his team arrived at the border of the Land of Fire.

"We are coming into the territory of the Land of Hotspring."

Minato did not use the map, because two years ago, he and Sakumo, Suzuka, and Uchiha Yoruki had come to this location in person when they were on a mission.

At that time, he was just a temporary Genin and could only follow behind Sakumo. In just over two years, he became the captain and led the team to carry out missions.

However, the difficulty of this mission is obviously not the same level as the last time.

The so-called immortal traitor ninja Shinzo Kuriyama eventually died in the Hot Spring Country.

Since that incident, the Jashin cult in the Land of Hot spring has suffered a huge blow, and disappeared from the public eye.

However, it is indeed difficult to completely eradicate it.

Because of that incident, the Land of Fire and the Land of Hotspring have a good relationship. During the Second Ninja War, although the Hotspring Village did not send ninjas to reinforce Konoha, they served as a natural barrier and captured spies from other countries who wanted to sneak into Konoha for Konoha several times.

Minato and his party escorted the goods and entered the territory of the Land of Hotspring. Last time when he was carrying out the mission of the Land of Hotspring, he tried to bypass it as much as possible, but this time, he mostly passed through towns.

Because in these towns under the jurisdiction of the Hotspring Village, it is relatively safe.

After another three days, Minato and his party passed through more than a dozen towns and villages in the Land of Hotspring, and finally arrived at the border of the Land of Hotspring, a place called Springwater Town.

Outside Springwater Town is a small forest. After passing through here, you will leave the Land of Hotspring and enter the territory of another country.

Before reaching the grove, Minato suddenly stopped and chuckled.

"You two have worked so hard these past few days."

His words startled his men. The next moment, the three Konoha Chunin's eyes were all stern, and then two figures appeared in front of Minato and his group.

The clothes and forehead protectors these two wore showed their identities, the ninjas of the Hotspring Village.

"Long time no see." Minato couldn't help but smile when he saw one of the boys, who was about fifteen years old.

"Yes, long time no see Minato." The boy also chuckled when he saw Minato.

This boy was the only young ninja from the Hotspring Village that Minato met when he was on a mission, Akimoto Yama.

Minato discovered their whereabouts as soon as he entered the Springwater Village.

Seeing the two talking, everyone in Minato's team was a little stunned.

Although they knew that the ninjas of the Hotspring Village were not enemies, how did Minato know the Hidden Hotspring Ninjas?

The mission of the Land of Hotspring was absolutely confidential, and no one in this group knew about it.

"I heard from my senior about your performance in the battlefield of Land of Wind. You are strong!" Akimoto Yama looked at Minato with some respect in his tone, which made him a little uncomfortable.

The Hotspring Ninja next to Akimoto Yama also looked at Minato with awe.

In the world of ninjas, strength is respected. Fujiwara Takuji didn't know how Minato performed on the battlefield, but even in a small ninja village like the Hot Spring Ninja Village, Minato's performance on the battlefield also made him famous.

Among the prestigious ninjas in the current ninja world, Minato is the youngest.

"Please also thank Chief Yugimoto Kawahiko for me." Minato smiled. Although the Land of Hotspring and the Land of Fire are allies, there is no need for the Hot Spring Ninja Village to send ninjas to escort all the way for such a task of transporting goods.

He did not receive any information in this regard, so this should be the order of the chief of the Hot Spring Ninja Village, Yugimoto Kawahiko.

Akimoto Yama heard this and said, "Compared to the help you and Senior White Fang and other Konoha ninjas gave us back then, this is nothing."

"Now I have safely sent you to the border of the Land of Hot Springs, and it is time to go back and report it to the leader ."

After saying this, Akimoto Yama and another Hot Spring Ninja flashed away and disappeared from everyone's sight.

"Let's go too." After seeing the familiar people, Minato turned around and looked at everyone and said.

They drove the carriage loaded with goods into the woods, and the Konoha ninja came up and asked, "Minato, what exactly did that guy mean by the help you and Senior White Fang gave to the Hot Spring Ninja Village?"

"Senior, this matter is confidential, I can't say it." Minato replied. Akimoto Yama was still a little immature after all, and accidentally leaked some information about the mission of the Land of Hot Springs.

"Oh." The Konoha Chunin named Morikawa responded and stopped asking.

However, the three Konoha ninjas were still confused, because they knew before that Minato's class of ninjas graduated after the start of the Second Ninja War.

Minato and Sakumo should have been to the Hotspring Village, but how old was this kid at that time?

However, thinking about Minato's performance on the battlefield, they were relieved.

The young man in front of them could not be judged by common sense.

After leaving the Land of Hot Springs, Minato and his companions encountered a bandit group of dozens of people, but they were all defeated by Minato and three Konoha Chunins.

Six days later, in a forest in the Land of Lightning, Minato was on guard in the middle of the night.

Walking under a big tree, he made seals with both hands, and then gently pressed one hand on the trunk. After a moment, he withdrew his palm.

On the trunk, there were faint black lines climbing up. If you look closely, it is a string of incomprehensible words.

Minato made seals with both hands again, but this time the seal method was extremely complicated. He bit his finger and smeared a blood stain on the trunk, and then the blood stain instantly covered a section of the trunk and finally turned into a seal circle.

"Hide!"

Minato made the a seal with both hands, and this seal circle and the previous black text gradually disappeared without a trace.

The trunk looked no different from before.

"The coordinates are completed." Minato smiled faintly.

"This method is too inefficient." Adult Minato's voice came from his mind.

Minato nodded, sighed, and said, "But with the information we have so far, this is the only way. Fortunately, we still have plenty of time."

"This is the only way."

Three days later, Minato and his party finally arrived at the branch of the Lightning Country Business Guild.

This branch was supposed to exist at the border of the Lightning Country, but because of the Second Ninja War, it squeezed into the territory of the Lightning Country.

Now that the war is over, branches in various places are gradually recovering, but of course it takes a certain amount of time to operate like normal.

After handing over the goods, Minato got the handover certificate from the Lightning Country Business Guild. Next, he had to take the guards sent by Fujiwara Takuji and hand him the certificate. Then, this mission was considered completed.

Seven days later, he handed over the task to Fujiwara Takuji in the capital of the Land of Fire, and led three Konoha Chunin back to the village at full speed.

Minato was really worried about Kushina. The Chunin Exam should have ended more than half a month ago.

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